Two Ecosystem Demography Models Released

The ORNL DAAC is pleased to announce the release of two Ecosystem Demography Models:

Ecosystem Demography Model: U.S. Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Fluxes, 1700-1990
. Data set prepared by G. Hurtt, S.W. Pacala, P.R. Moorcroft, J. Caspersen, E. Shevliakova, R.A. Houghton, B. Moore III, and J. Fisk. This model product contains the source code for the Ecosystem Demography Model (ED version 1.0) as well as model input and output
data files for the conterminous United States. The ED is a mechanistic ecosystem model built around established sub-models of leaf level physiology, organic matter decomposition, hydrology, and functional biodiversity. It was used herein to estimate ecosystem carbon stocks and fluxes in the conterminous U.S. at 1.0 degree resolution from 1700 to 1990.

Ecosystem Demography Model: Scaling Vegetation Dynamics Across South America. Data set prepared by G. Hurtt, P.R. Moorcroft, and S.W.
Pacala. This model product contains the source code for the Ecosystem
Demography Model (ED version 1.0) as well as model input and output data for a
portion of South America including the Brazilian Amazon. The model output data
are estimates of potential average live biomass (kg C/m2), potential average
soil carbon (kg C/m2), and potential above-ground net primary production (NPP)
(kg C/m2/yr) at 1.0 degree resolution. To produce these estimates, ED was forced
with ISLSCP I data for 1987 and 1988, averaged into a single year (Moorcroft et
al., 2001).

The source code, installation and run instructions are provided for both model data sets.